Itongadol.- Informants gave Israel intel that facilitated attacks on Sudanese soil in 2009 and 2012, according to local reports.
Sudan said Saturday night that it has arrested a ring of informants working on behalf of Israeli intelligence.
According to local reports, the Sudanese agents provided Israel with information that facilitated a 2009 attack on a weapons convoy and an airstrike on an arms factory in Khartoum in October 2012.
The agents reportedly travelled in the past to Israel disguised as migrants.
A blast at Khartoum\’s Yarmouk arms factory in October of 2012 drew attention to the accusations of Israeli military activity in Sudan. Khartoum said Israeli forces were behind the explosion.
Israel has not commented on the blast.
Israel accuses Sudan of channeling weapons from Iran to Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, via Egypt\’s Sinai desert. Sudan denies the charge but often expresses sympathy for Hamas in its conflict with Israel.
Earlier this month, Israeli naval forces intercepted an Iranian arms vessel carrying medium-range missiles in the Red Sea, that was scheduled to stop at Sudanese port before heading to the Gaza Strip.